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Wanna buy a Belfast?

Posted: 25 Aug 2010, 00:06
by Chris558
http://www.aviatorsale.com/aix7529/

I'd love it to come to Bruntingthorpe or Coventry ("Airbase") kept in running condition!! :tunes:

Re: Wanna buy a Belfast?

Posted: 25 Aug 2010, 00:38
by DaveB
Ah.. we could re-engine PEP :rock: I'll pass that 'ad' onto our team leader ;)

BTW.. Bensons flying day is today (25th).. not that much will fly if the wx forecast is to be believed 8) You going?
ATB

DaveB B)smk

Re: Wanna buy a Belfast?

Posted: 25 Aug 2010, 00:52
by Garry Russell
That would be an answer to your starter problems.. :rock:

Make a nice warehouse or a cinema attached to the pub :)

Re: Wanna buy a Belfast?

Posted: 25 Aug 2010, 00:54
by DaveB
Yes.. a totally agree with that :lol: I'm just a little short of the asking price at the mo :((

ATB

DaveB B)smk

Re: Wanna buy a Belfast?

Posted: 25 Aug 2010, 01:06
by Garry Russell
How you counted up the stash in your loose change jar?? :lol:

National lottery grant...It's an historic artefact and a work of art :)

it's also an object of special interest....what other modern handle can you use to help the case.


How about since it's big is is like a separate area so it could be classed as an area of outstanding natural ugliness :)

Seriously though..it isthe largest aeroplane ever built in the UK.....by volume at least.....surely that counts for something.

Since there is one in RAF colours at Cosford I doubt if the interest is there

They could use it to fly fat arsed VIP's to the Olympics in 2012 :lol:

Re: Wanna buy a Belfast?

Posted: 25 Aug 2010, 15:08
by Fodda
Hhhmmmm... just under a million Aussie dollars. That's about £10 each to us 20 non-crims. :hide:

Re: Wanna buy a Belfast?

Posted: 25 Aug 2010, 15:22
by DarrenL
Would be great to see it back here, it would show the A400m up though ;)

Re: Wanna buy a Belfast?

Posted: 25 Aug 2010, 15:29
by Garry Russell
It would be nice to see it back in the UK............I've only ever seen one in flight..only once and the two at Southend when I popped in in 1988. :)

Re: Wanna buy a Belfast?

Posted: 26 Aug 2010, 11:21
by austerdriver
The aircraft should be preserved in a museum. Its the last surviving Belfast that I am aware of.

Re: Wanna buy a Belfast?

Posted: 26 Aug 2010, 11:38
by Garry Russell
There's one in a UK museum.I think it's Cosford.

So ten percent of them are already preserved :lol:

The Belfast is the only aircraft to use the same Tynes as the Vanguard so a good source of spares for Dave....they can have the old ones in exchange.